Improvement in seeding-machines



J. F. GYLES.

Broadcast-Seeder. V

Patented Apr. 3, 1860 UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JAMES F. GYLES, OF GILMER TOWNSHIP, ADAMS COUNTY, lLLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEEDlNG-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 27,713, dated April 3,1860.

. do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of .thesaid improvements, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, making'a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of one sectionwith the tubes through which the seed is thrown when the machine is inoperation. to (Mt a are braces for strengthening tubes where fastened. bb b are pins fixed in thatjoint of tube which is fastened to cap,inorder to receive the portion of tube 0 and hold it securely in placewhen in operation, by which it can also be removed at any time. c is anadditional piece or double crown to cap, in order to secure more firmlythe iron rod by which the tubes are whirled around when in position.(See dotted lines, Fig. 5.)

Fig. 2 is a transverse of same section, showing the three braces andcoupling at once. a a, C6 are the braces. b b b are the couplings bywhich the tubes 0 can be removed at pleasure and secured withoutsoldering them on.

Fig. 3 is a side view of cylinder and hopper. a shows hopper with squareedge and square base set on cylinder, which gives hoppera firmerposition and allows acloser fit of same immediately over the slide, aswell as allowing a ledge within for the slide to work upon. bis a sideattachment to cylinder for securing largest cog wheel and its axle. c isbrace to hopper to secure it more firmly. d is intended to show holes inslide, with spring fixed on inside of cylinder to work into these holes,which enables the operator with the left hand to regulate the quantityof seed to be sown per acre, as when geared up and in operation, withthe machine buckled around the body, it is impossible'to see the slideI. c is the cog-wheel; f, crank to same. It, dotted lines, are intendeda vertical piece within the cylinder, immediately behind, opening intohopper. Through this vertical piece in the center passes the iron rodwhich connects tubes and cap with the other portion of machine when inuse, the object being to obtain a round hole and washer fitting the rodso perfectly that the smallest kind of seed cannot escape into afterpart of cylinder, and the inclined piece g serves, as it was no doubtoriginally intended, tocause the seed to run more readily into thetubes. t'is a narrow band of ironor brass around the cylinder,immediately in front of hopper, up to which the cap, with its tubes, ismade to lit exactly and work without cutting the hopper, and whichcannot otherwise be done.

Fig. 4 is an end view of cylinder and hopper, with gearing ofcog-wheels, by which the revolutions of the tubes are increased, theeffort to turn the tubes lessened, and the seed thrown at a much greaterdistance. a, is the hopper in front. I) is end view of side attachment.0 c are strengthening-braces at base of hopper; d, top end of slide. 0 eare the cogwheels in position described above; f, crank or handle tosame. g is the narrow iron band to secure the close fittingofcap whenthe tubes are connected with cylinder, and to prevent the hopper frombeingcut, as previously stated in reference to Fi 3, letter 'i.

Fig. 5 is a transverse view of hopper, showingits square base restingoncylinder with slide open; a, strengthening-brace to tube; 1) I),coupling-pin to hold the tubes together where jointed; c c 0, sidesof-hopper with square base-ledges. d is the iron rod running throughcenter of cylinder to connect cap and tubes, as well as to give motionto the tubes; 0, hole in hopper when slide is open; f, that portion ofthe tubes which is removable. g is the iron band passing aroundcylinder,immediately in front of the hopper, to securea close titot'cap, and to prevent, in the working of same, the hopper from beingcut. h, dotted lines, are

intended to show where the double crown in the inside of cap is placed,as explained in Fig.

1, letter 0, so as to secure the iron rod more r 2. The combination ofthe transverse partifirmiy in its position and its connections when tionh, Fig. 3, and the inclined partition g, Fig.

the machine is in operation. 3, in the mannerand for the purposespecified. WVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-- JAMES F. GYLES.

1. The stud and angular slot; or bayonetcatch b, Fig. 1, when combinedwith the re- Witnesses: voiving arms of a rotary seed-sower, in the F.B. WALKER, manner set forth. H. B. MYERS.

